How to buy Altria stock in Canada

Altria is a tobacco business based in the US. Altria shares (MO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $53.84 – a decrease of 1.97% over the previous week. Altria employs 6,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $20.4 billion.

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Altria stock price (NYSE: MO)

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Altria stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$53.84
52-week range	$36.85 - $58.04
50-day moving average more info button	$53.63
200-day moving average more info button	$48.70
Wall St. target price	$56.80
PE ratio more info button	8.9949
Dividend yield more info button	$3.96 (7.66%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$5.92

Is it a good time to buy Altria stock?

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Altria price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $53.84 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-1.97%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-5.09%
3 months (2024-09-20)	6.85%
6 months (2024-06-21)	17.71%

1 year (2023-12-22)	33.40%
2 years (2022-12-22)	36.70%
3 years (2021-12-22)	44.45%
5 years (2019-12-20)	58.11%

Is Altria stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Altria stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Altria's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Altria's P/E ratio

Altria's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Altria shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Altria's PEG ratio

Altria's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.7862. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Altria's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Altria's EBITDA

Altria's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $12.2 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Altria's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Altria financials

Revenue TTM	$20.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	59.84%
Gross profit TTM	$14.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	21.1%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	50.51%
Book value	$-2.04
Market Capitalization more info button	$90.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Altria stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 79.68% of net profits

Recently Altria has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Altria shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Altria's case, that would currently equate to about $3.96 per share.

Altria's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Altria's most recent dividend payout was on 9 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 25 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Altria's stocks ever split?

Altria's stocks were split on a 3:1 basis on 10 April 1997 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Altria stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Altria stocks, which in turn could have impacted Altria's stock price.

Altria stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Altria's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $36.8482 up to $58.04. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Altria's is 0.67. This would suggest that Altria's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Altria overview

Altria Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells smokeable and oral tobacco products in the United States. The company offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; large cigars and pipe tobacco under the Black & Mild brand; moist smokeless tobacco and snus products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, and Husky brands; oral nicotine pouches under the on! brand; and e-vapor products under the NJOY ACE brand. It sells its products to distributors, as well as large retail organizations, such as chain stores. The company was founded in 1822 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia..

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Altria is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.122% of Altria stocks are held by insiders and 60.926% by institutions. How many people work for Altria?
Latest data suggests 6,400 work at Altria. When does the fiscal year end for Altria?
Altria's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Altria based?
Altria's address is: 6601 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA, United States, 23230 What is Altria's ISIN number?
Altria's international securities identification number is: US02209S1033 What is Altria's CUSIP number?
Altria's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 718154107

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